You can use AutoIt for a lot of what you want to do. It's a very easy to learn scripting language that selects windows and types for you. Since in Windows you can do most tasks with ALT and CTRL keys, typing is enough to do most tasks. You can also use it for mouse clicks, but that takes a bit more work. The pods that were introduced in FM9 are a problem for AutoIt because the pods don't have standard window names and you can use ALT keys on them, but the main windows work fine.
The main advantage of AutoIt is that it's really easy to learn and you can use it for any Windows program. Attached is a PPT presentation (in PDF format) and some sample files. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson 052-763-7133 On 27-Nov-12 8:59 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > Is there an old-fashioned menu-command macro recorder that's > compatible with FrameMaker 10? > > I want to automate some simple but time-consuming build processes. For > example: open book, set conditions, update, save as PDF, set > conditions, update, close book, launch batch file to generate online > help. > > Both ExtendScript and FrameScript require that I learn a complex > object model and neither comes with sample scripts or straightforward > documentation on doing the kind of stuff I need to do. Both seem > designed for developers who want to extend or customize the > application, not for end users who want to automate common tasks. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as shmuelw1 at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AutoIt.zip Type: application/x-zip-compressed Size: 334467 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20121128/6982a14e/attachment.bin>